Scilla (c.1230)

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Scilla (c.1230)

[gdw]

[ FEW: ; Gdf: ; GdfC: ; TL: ; DEAF: ; DMF: ; TLF: ; OED:  Scylla n.; MED: ; DMLBS: 2990c Scylla ]
Scille,  Stille  

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1 toponym mythological Scylla, rock located in the Straits of Messina, sometimes personified as a sea-monster
( c.1230; MS: 1275-80 )  Ileoc ad un devurement, Ke la mer e devure e rent; Scille ad nun, dunt li fableant Dient ke chiens i ad baant, Pur ço ke mer tant fremist, Quant ele i entre u en ist, Ke la noise ount tut clier Li marinail loinz en la mer  1539
( c.1230; MS: 1275-80 )  En ceste mer dous perilz sunt, Stille e Karibde les nuns unt  1320
( s.xiii3/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  En la mer de Sezile ad dous maneres de perilz: le un perile ad a nun Scilla, e l’autre Caribdis. E le un perile enfundre les nefs, e l’autre les depece  43
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Scilla